The Third Option is a group program to build better marriages. It is designed for all married people and can be used as marriage enrichment for healthy couples who want to enhance their relationship, or as crisis intervention for couples who are separated or considering divorce. The class combines skill-building workshops with sharing from couples that have “been there”, and a support group component. The atmosphere is warm and caring. For a couple who is struggling in their relationship, Option …

The Third Option is a group program to build better marriages. It is designed for all married couples and can be used as marriage enrichment for healthy couples who want to enhance their relationship, or as crisis intervention for couples who are separated or considering divorce. For a hurting couple, Option 1 is to stay miserable in an unhappy marriage, and Option 2 is to get out - divorce. The "Third Option" is to learn the skills needed to have a happy and healthy relationship. One partner wh …

A long-time practitioner of insight meditation (known as “vipassana” in the Buddhist tradition), James Tobin, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist by training, has found in his study of Buddhism and the “Dharma” a range of significant ideas regarding psychological and spiritual identity that have considerable applicability to contemporary love relationships. Buddhist concepts such as attachment, the conditioned mind, impermanence, “anata” (emptiness; no self), discernment, and liberation constitu …